The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 13Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Page 387
... effects of sorcery . The leaves of the ravensera serve the purposes of plates , dishes , and spoons . The various estimations of the population of Madagascar make it from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 souls . The western side of Madagascar has ...
... effects of sorcery . The leaves of the ravensera serve the purposes of plates , dishes , and spoons . The various estimations of the population of Madagascar make it from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 souls . The western side of Madagascar has ...
Page 389
... effect than the sul- phate and acetate of the same metal ; they afford a beautiful , well saturated violet color . The Adrianople red possesses a degree of brightness , which it is difficult for us to approach by any of the processes ...
... effect than the sul- phate and acetate of the same metal ; they afford a beautiful , well saturated violet color . The Adrianople red possesses a degree of brightness , which it is difficult for us to approach by any of the processes ...
Page 392
... effect . Long . 77 ° 15 ′ E. , lat . 13 ° 33 ′ N. MADIGHESHY , a fortress of the south of India , also belonging to the Mysore rajah , is situated on a rock , and is a place of great strength . At the foot of the rock is a fortified ...
... effect . Long . 77 ° 15 ′ E. , lat . 13 ° 33 ′ N. MADIGHESHY , a fortress of the south of India , also belonging to the Mysore rajah , is situated on a rock , and is a place of great strength . At the foot of the rock is a fortified ...
Page 395
... effect against so great a military force , prepared for such an insurrection , and eager , the leaders from political , the men from personal feelings , to strike a blow which should overawe the Spa- niards and make themselves be ...
... effect against so great a military force , prepared for such an insurrection , and eager , the leaders from political , the men from personal feelings , to strike a blow which should overawe the Spa- niards and make themselves be ...
Page 399
... VIII . settled a revenue on them ; and farther appoint- ed that the effects of all public prostitutes , dying intestate , should fall to them ; and that the tes- taments of the rest should be invalid unless they bequeathed MAG MAG 399.
... VIII . settled a revenue on them ; and farther appoint- ed that the effects of all public prostitutes , dying intestate , should fall to them ; and that the tes- taments of the rest should be invalid unless they bequeathed MAG MAG 399.
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Page 486 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 416 - The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 540 - There was a sound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men : A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again ; And all went merry as a marriage-bell, But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.
Page 657 - All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which he formed them...
Page 491 - The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wished I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived.
Page 385 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Page 636 - It is only the effect, which that figure produces upon a mind, whose particular fabric or structure renders it susceptible of such sentiments. In vain would you look for it in the circle, or seek it, either by your senses, or by- mathematical reasonings, in all the properties of that figure.
Page 544 - For the canon law, which the common law follows in this case, deems so highly and with such mysterious reverence of the nuptial tie, that it will not allow it to be unloosed for any cause whatsoever, that arises after the union is made.
Page 435 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
Page 542 - Now these disabilities are of two sorts: first, such as are canonical, and therefore sufficient by the ecclesiastical laws to avoid the marriage in the spiritual court; but these in our law only make the marriage voidable, and not ipso facto void, until sentence of nullity be obtained.